dorsalis Loew, 1863: 54 . (Odontocera).

Type locality: U.S.A., District of Columbia. HT M (MCZ).

Distr.: Colombia (Cundinamarca (Sabana North of Bogotá, Funza, Madrid, Mosquera, Suba, Tabio, Subachoque, La Calera, Sapó)), Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Galapagos, Guadalupe, Guatemala, La Dominique, Palaearctic region, Paraguai, Peru, Puerto Rico, San Martin, U.S.A. (Florida), Venezuela. Refs.: Spencer, 1963: 331; Spencer, 1967: 83.6 (cat.); Spencer, 1969: 143; Spencer, 1973c: 293, Spencer, 1983: 53; Spencer, 1984: 11; Spencer et al., 1992: 274; Sasakawa, 1992c: 819; Sasakawa, 1992d: 27; Sanabria de Arévalo, 1994: 73 (key); Martinez & Etienne, 2002: 40 (list); Sasakawa, 2005: 160, Sasakawa, 2007: 195.

Cerodontha dorsalis, Melander, 1913: 249; Frick, 1959: 396.

Cerodontha (Cerodontha) dorsalis, Spencer, 1969: 143; Spencer & Stegmaier, 1973:70.